Apple spent money to publicly troll everyone else's privacy issues at CES

This Apple flex has it all: razor wit, perfect comedic timing, and staggering levels of pettiness.

The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off on Jan. 8, which means that just about every major and minor interest in the tech world is converging on Las Vegas for the annual trade show. Apple is forever a CES no-show, but this year the company cooked up a special surprise for attendees — and, seemingly, for Amazon in particular.

It's a public pro-Apple/anti-piracy ad plastered across one entire side of a Vegas hotel. The ad co-opts a popular Vegas-ism — "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!" — to make a point in terms that any CES attendee can understand. Read more...